Wire-stretcher.



PATENTED 00130, 1906. v T. A. ,HALDEMAN.

WIRE STRETGHER. APPLICATION FILED 8BPT.15, 1905.

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THOMAS A. HALDEMAN, OF OONCORDIA, KANSAS.

WlRE-STRETCHER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 30, 1906.

Application filed September 15,1905. Serial No. 278,637.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS A. HALDE- MAN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Concordia, in the county of Cloud and State ofKansas, have invented a new and useful Wire-Stretcher, of which thefollowing is a specification.

Th1s invention relates to wirestretchers', and has for an object toprovide a device of the class embodying new and improved features ofconvenience, durability, simplicity, utility, and efliciency.

A further object of the invention is to provide a wire-stretcherembodying a lever having a wire-claw and a wire-grip, whereby differentwires and wires under different cir- (oumstances may be conveniently andefficiently handled and stretched.

A further object of the invention is to provide a lever with an im rovedform of pivoted handle for manipulating the grip and embodying awire-cutter, a staple-hammer, and a ulling-claw.

With these and other objects in view the present invention consists inthe combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter fullydescribed, shown in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointedout in theappended claim. I

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a View of the improved wire-stretcher inside elevation. Figs. 2 and 3 are perspective views of the partsdisconnected.

Like'characters of reference indicate corresiponding parts in all of thefigures of the rawmgs.

In its preferred embodiment the improved wire-stretcher forming thesubject-matter of this application comprises a lever 10, having at oneend a bifurcated claw-head 11. Adjacent to the claw correspondingrecesses 12 12 are formed in the op osite sides of the lever and withtheir wal s adjacent to the claw serrated, as at 13 13, to form grippingsurfaces I A handle member 14 is provided having a head bifurcated toform the similar members 15 15 and pivoted, as at 16, with the memberswithin the recesses 12 12. The head members are provided with serratedsurfaces 17 17, disposed in opposition to and for co- 0 eration with thegri ping-surfaces 13 13 of the recesses. At t eir extremities the headmembers 15 15 are provided with guards 18 18 to close the gripping-spaceand prevent a displacement of the wire from the grip. I

It will be noted that the guards 18 18 are arranged at the outer orlonger ends of the serrated surfaces of the head members, and thusroject over a portion only of the stock of the lmplement adjacent to thegrip-surface 13 13. Consequently the guards are withdrawn from ositionover the spaces between the opposing serrated surfaces at an early stageof the opening movement of the lever 14, so that the presence of theguards does not interfere with the ready insertion and removal of thewire or the removal of the implement from the wire after the crampingand stretching action iscompleted, while at the same time providingample protection to the wire to prevent its accidental displacement whenin position between the gripping-jaws. The device is also provided withthe wire-clipper, comprising the shear members 19 and 20, a hammer 21,carried by the handle member, and a pulling-claw 22 at the extremity ofthe handle.

It will be readily understood that in operating the wire may be engagedby the claw 1.1 or in the grip between the serrated faces 13 and 17.Whichever way the wire is engaged the lever is moved angularly about thepost, thereby drawing the wire taut. The use and o eration of theulling-claw, hammer, and.

c ipper will be ful y understood without a descri tion thereof.

aving thus described the invention, what is claimed is In awire-stretcher, a lever having at one end a pair of curvedgripping-surfaces, a handle pivoted to the lever and provided withoppositely-curved gri ping-surfaces and integral guards carried y thehandle and projecting beyond the gripping-surfaces of the same at theouter portions thereof, and ada ted to overlap the gripping-surfaces ofthe ever only at the completion of the movement of the handle.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS A. HAIJDEMAN.

Witnesses:

E. O. WHITCHER, JNO. B. Woon.

